St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-13

lmprS0nment. as Well as q nne. The self
appointed guardians were jubilant-now
the judge would send these lawbreakers to
Jail and down Ames." The .,frst-cassp
sneaks (W. j. Murray, Peter A Smith,
George Franklin. Joseph G. st. Dennis and
James Z. Hopkins) were again employed on
the conviction guaranteed" plan.
THE SECOND BATCH.
When the same grand jury met again
they were confronted by the same witnesses,
and the same result followed-wholesale
indictments. They were confronted also
by witnesses relative to c0rn-cob cigar
dealers and whisky selling druggists. The
county attorney had only aimed to get the
grand jury out of a bad boX-now he was in
in one. But he was equal to the emergency
the grand jury must be consistent, and
another batch of indictments were run
through the mill in one grist. 1t was
practically certain that the saloonkeepers
would again plead guilty, for the system"
Of procuring evidences against them was
impregnable. The saloonkeepers, how
ever. concluded to avail themselves OF the
right of trial by jury-a jury of their
peers, if ebtainable in in panel. in which
by the merest accident almost every juror
wasn't a Democrat or liberal Republican.
but was a Prohibitionist or high license
Republican.
THEY POOL THEIR ISSUES.
1t is an i'll wind which blows no one any
good, and sundry lawyers were employed,
myself among them. Several of the num-
Der, retained by different clients, held
meeting and resolved to pool issues" to as
great an extent as practicable. and it SO
happened that l was assigned the work of
hunting up the records of the witnesses
l,fa,NN tnd fr hn ,fx.1
and this is how it was done. l found W,
j. Murray, the embryo Pinkerton of Pigs
Eye, at his headquarters in St. Paul res
tauraut, and asked if James J. Smith had
been in lately. He had not-was it any
thing important? 1t was. and it being ap
parent that Murray would take kindly to
'tatfy." he was told that 1 wanted keen,
sharp, energetic detective, and men OH
whom he could rely. to operate in eel tain
quarter-a man who could be relied upon
to do as he was told and no questions
asked, so long as he was paid we'll in ad-
vance. Also, that Bishop Ireland spoke
well of Smith. and that he (Murray) was
evidently all that Smith claimed for him.
He was much pleased. and thereafter no
glaZier ever handled more pliable putty
than / did.
CATCHING ON.
Being asked what engagements Murray
had OH nand. as [ wanted his best men and
was in no hurry. he mentioned that the
Minneapolis cases would keep them busy
for fortnight. When l learned that he
had bossed the job here l knew he was just
the man l wanted. and frankly told him SO.
Within half an hour he had learned that l
wanted similar work done, while l learned
not only who had aided him but how they
- +l,o;, ole hot
was prepared to guarantee conviction"
without regard to facts, and to have his
men so drilled as to stand fire Un cross
examination. Finding that memoranda
was kept of places visited, the non-visitors
to drop in on week days and become ac-
quainted with the saloons concerning which
they were to testify, and that books of
memoranda were prepared each detective
having copy, so as to be able to learn his
part thoroughly, thought could improve
upon his plan, to which end copy of the
Minneapolis memoranda was presented to
me for review. in the presence of Detective
Ahern. Of the st. Paul Police department,
who happened to be there.
THE SALTWATER PLAN.
Hooked through the memoranda and hay
ing learned the names of all who we're here
on the last raid, suddenly concluded to ac-
tually hire Murray and his party, and asked
him if could have the same men for work
at Saltwater on the following Sunday. He
could let me have them and left, promising
to call again soon. Later in the day he was
again seen and was even more frank in as
surng me that he could be depended upon
in any emergency-that he would not stop
at trihes, and had men who would do as
they were told and not squeal. Having
agreed to pay him and four men $50 for the
work required (including rehearsals and
drills), and to make things satisfactory after
convictions were secured, paid $40 on ac-
count, for which he receipted as follows:
''ST PAU Feb 9th 81
''Rec Of on none Unknown $4,000 for SER
vusus at Stilwattur Feb I'd to apply on Count
NV J MURRAY Chife
NAT Dec Agance
''St Pau Min.'
Telling him would see him again soon
and give additional instructions the ION
none" departed. / was ''UnknoWn' be-
cause, as l told him, it wasn't necessary
for him to know too much about me-that
if he got his pay for doing up" those we
desired to catch he could find me after they
were convicted. Before leaving him he
said: Il was little suspicious about you,
but now you've paid money 1 know you
mean business. Pick out your men. and
We'll fix them dead sure. But you must
never give me away" AS an earnest of
complete confidence l informed him that if
the work was done as agreed upon, and no
one caught on, he might expect an extra
hundred for his men and as much for him
self
SALTWATER NOTIFIED.
On Friday. Feb. 4, l went to Saltwater
fO hot raf do 10,
ery entertain the ''Chife" and his men.
Having formerly been resident OF that
thriving city point with pride'' to its
well-earned reputation for hospitality.
When they meet stranger they take him
i'm, and these men were strangers there.
Arrangements were made for proper hotel
accommodations (where they could be seen
by every saloon ulan in the city while at
supper), and it was expressly understood
that the first whisky they drank on Sunday
morning should be the best the market af-
forded, let them purchase wherever they
pleased. Had these detectives done as their
chief agreed and kept out of sight Saturday
night, they would not have complained of
! the weakness Of Saltwater whisky. But the
$40 in sight for blind pig'' was too much
for them; they yielded to temptation and
made no effort to carry out the solemn
agreement they had entered into. 1.-The
head and front of mine offending hath this
extent, 10 more"
ANOTHER ION NONE"
On Saturday morning, having returned
from Saltwater, | sent for Murray and told
him | wanted him and his men to go to
Saltwater OH the O'Clock train--that had
arranged to have them quartered at the
Central house, and would introduce him to